List of International Cricket Council members
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Full members
Associate members
Affiliate members
Non-members
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) was founded at Lord's on 15 June 1909 as the Imperial Cricket Conference,[1] with Australia, England, and South Africa as its founding members. In the beginning, only countries within the commonwealth could join.[2] These members were then joined by India, New Zealand, and the West Indies in 1926 and later by Pakistan in 1953.[3] In 1961, South Africa resigned due to their leaving the Commonwealth.[3] The Imperial Cricket Conference was renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965 with new rules permitting countries from outside the Commonwealth to be elected into the governing body for the first time.[2] Any new member elected to the governing body could only be an Associate Member with the possibility of being promoted to a Full Member. The first Associates were Fiji and the USA.[2] In 1989, the ICC was again renamed, this time to International Cricket Council.[2] South Africa was reelected as a Full Member to the ICC in 1991 and Zimbabwe was elected in 1992.[3] The most recent new Full Member is Bangladesh, which was elected in 2000.[3] The ICC currently has 105 members.
Membership is a hierarchy and there are three categories of membership: Full Members, Associate Members, and Affiliate Members.[2] In the highest category, there are 10 Full Members. Below the Full Members are the 39 Associate Members. In the lowest category, there are 56 Affiliate Members.
ICC Members
In the list below, suspended members are marked †.
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Full members
Full Members are the governing bodies for cricket in a country or associated countries. Full Members may also represent a geographical area. All Full Members have a right to send one representative team to play official Test matches. Also, all Full Member nations are automatically qualified to play ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals.[2] West Indies cricket team does not represent one country, but rather an amalgamation of more than 20 countries and territories from the Caribbean. The English Cricket team represents both England and Wales. Here is the official ranking site.
| Country | Teams | Governing body | Member since[2] | Current ranking | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | ODI | T20 | ||||
 Australia |
Men • Women • U19 | Cricket Australia | 15 July 1909 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
 Bangladesh |
Men • Women • U19 | Bangladesh Cricket Board | 26 June 2000 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
 England |
Men • Women • U19 | England and Wales Cricket Board | 15 July 1909 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
 India |
Men • Women • U19 | Board of Control for Cricket in India | 31 May 1926 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
 New Zealand |
Men • Women • U19 | New Zealand Cricket | 31 May 1926 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
 Pakistan |
Men • Women • U19 | Pakistan Cricket Board | 28 July 1952 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
 South Africa |
Men • Women • U19 | Cricket South Africa | 15 July 1909 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
 Sri Lanka |
Men • Women • U19 | Sri Lanka Cricket | 21 July 1981 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
 West Indies |
Men • Women • U19 | West Indies Cricket Board | 31 May 1926 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
 Zimbabwe |
Men • Women • U19 | Zimbabwe Cricket | 6 July 1992 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Associate members
Associate Members are countries where cricket is firmly established and organised but do not qualify for Full Membership.[2] There are 39 Associate Members, Saudi Arabia being the most recently promoted.
All Associates are eligible to play in the ICC World Cricket League, a series of international one-day cricket administered by the ICC.[4] There is also an ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier that works as a qualification process for ICC World Twenty20 that occurred every two years (until 2016, the next T20 World Cup is in 2016). The qualified teams are awarded Twenty20 International status.[5]
An associate member must maintain the following criteria along with other administration requirements of the national governing body:[6]
- Have a minimum of 16 senior teams and 16 junior teams playing in a structured competition or competitions;
- Must have access to at least 8 cricket grounds, 4 of which must have a permanent pitch.
In the list below, suspended members are marked †.
Associate Members with ODI status
ICC grants One Day International status to its associate and affiliate members based on their success in the World Cricket League. The top six teams are awarded One Day International status, which allows associate and affiliate teams to be eligible to play the full members and play-official ODI cricket.
The associate teams who currently hold ODI status are:
| Team | Governing body | Member since | Current ODI Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
Afghanistan Cricket Board | 2013[7] | 10 |
 Hong Kong |
Hong Kong Cricket Association | 1969[2] | 15 |
 Ireland |
Cricket Ireland | 1993[2] | 12 |
 Papua New Guinea |
Papua New Guinea Cricket Board | 1973[2] | 16 |
 Scotland |
Cricket Scotland | 1994[2] | 13 |
 United Arab Emirates |
Emirates Cricket Board | 1990[2] | 14 |
Associate Members with T20I status
Associates that have Twenty20 International status by virtue of having ODI status are Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Ireland, Scotland, Papua New Guinea and UAE. Netherlands maintained Twenty20 International status it held previously by qualifying for 2016 ICC World Twenty20.ICC also awarded Twenty20 International status to Oman as it qualified for 2016 ICC World Twenty20.
The associate teams who currently hold T20I status are:
| Team | Governing body | Member since | Current T20I Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
Afghanistan Cricket Board | 2013[7] | 9 |
| Hong Kong |
Hong Kong Cricket Association | 1969[2] | 17 |
| Ireland |
Cricket Ireland | 1993[2] | 15 |
 Netherlands |
Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond | 1966[2] | 11 |
 Oman |
Oman Cricket Board | 2015[38] | 16 |
| Scotland |
Cricket Scotland | 1994[2] | 13 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirates Cricket Board | 1990[2] | 14 |
| Papua New Guinea |
Papua New Guinea Cricket Board | 1973[2] | – [lower-alpha 1] |
- ↑ Not yet played sufficient matches to achieve a ranking.
Affiliate members
Affiliate members are countries where the ICC recognises that cricket is played according to the Laws of Cricket.[2] There are 56 Affiliate Members. An affiliate member must maintain the following criteria along with other administration requirements of the national governing body:[39]
- Have a minimum of 8 senior teams and 4 junior teams playing in at least one structured competition
- Must have access to at least 2 cricket grounds
- Must be capable of raising in excess of $2,500 each year in income from sources other than the ICC
In order for an affiliate member to be considered for becoming to an associate member the national governing body must demonstrate that it has met the criteria for associate membership and must have also met the following playing standards within the last three years:[6]
- Competed in all relevant Global or Regional ICC international cricket competition for past 3 years
- Ranked 1st, 2nd or 3rd highest affiliate in the region and
- Have achieved one of the following:
- 2 wins against any associate nation in 50 over matches
- Twice been highly competitive against one of the top 20 associate nations in 50 over matches
- Once beaten an associate member and once been competitive against one of the top 20 associates in 50 over matches
- 3 wins against any associate nation in 20 over matches
- 3 times been highly competitive against one of the top 20 associate nations in 20 over matches
- Twice beaten an associate member and once been highly competitive against one of the top 20 associates in 20 over matches
- Once beaten an associate member and twice been highly competitive against one of the top 20 associates in 20 over matches
- 3 results in ICC global or regional events with results that include any mix of wins against associate members and/or highly competitive results against one of the top 20 associate members from 50 over and/or 20 over matches
In the list below, suspended members are marked †.'
Former members
| Country | Teams | Governing body | Membership period |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brunei |
Men • Women • U19 | Brunei Darussalam National Cricket Association | 1992–2015 | Membership suspended in 2014, removed entirely in 2015.[71] |
 Cuba |
Men • Women • U19 | Cuban Cricket Commission | 2002–2013 | Membership removed in 2013 for failing to "demonstrate a suitable administrative structure to conduct its affairs" under ICC guidelines.[92] |
 Switzerland |
Men • Women • U19 | Swiss Cricket Association | 1985–2012 | Membership suspended in 2011, removed entirely in 2012.[93] |
 Tonga |
Men • Women • U19 | Tonga Cricket Association | 2000–2014 | Membership suspended in 2013, removed entirely in 2014.[94][95][96] |
| East Africa | Men • Women • U19 | East Africa Cricket Conference(1966-1989), East and Central Africa Cricket Conference(1989-2003) | 1966–2003 | Succeeded by Kenya (associate, 1981), Uganda (associate, 1998), Tanzania (associate, 2001), Zambia (associate, 2003), and Malawi (affiliate, 2003). |
| West Africa | Men • Women • U19 | West Africa Cricket Council | 1976–2003 | Succeeded by Nigeria (associate, 2003), and Gambia, Ghana, and Sierra Leone (all affiliate members, 2003). |
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